ōlelō: Word Strategy Game

A four-letter word can beat a seven-letter one. A word that isn't real can beat both - if nobody calls it. ōlelō turns word-building into a shared-card strategy game. Each player gets two private letter cards and five shared letters to work with. Build a great word, slip in a bluff, or challenge a word that looks suspicious. At the showdown, build the highest-scoring word you can from any combination of the seven. Rare letters are worth more than common ones, so the longest word doesn't always win. Neither does the honest one. --- BLUFF - OR CALL THE BLUFF Play a word you know is real. Or risk one that isn't and hope nobody challenges it. Think your opponent made theirs up? Call the bluff. Call it correctly and their word is wiped out - and its points come off their score. Get it wrong, and those points come off yours. Every hand becomes a decision: find a better word, risk a bluff, or…